Beer sales halted at Shippensburg Sheetz

File: Sheetz opened their new store in July 2014 at 359 East King Street, Shippensburg. The new store replaces the old store adjacent to it at the corner of King and Queen streets. The PLCB has given the Sheetz store approval to sell beer - making it the first convenience store in the area to sell the alcoholic beverage. Markell DeLoatch - Public Opinion

SHIPPENSBURG &GT;&GT; Sheetz will have to hold off on selling beer at its new Shippensburg store.

Two groups have filed an appeal this week challenging the approval of a liquor license for the new store, according to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

The Civic Club of Shippensburg filed an appeal in the Court of Common Pleas in Cumberland County. A second appeal was filed in Commonwealth Court by attorneys representing the Malt Beverage Distributors Association and a couple distributors.

The new Sheetz on East King Street opened last month after the Liquor Control Board approved the transfer of a liquor license from Ruby Tuesday Inc. of Mechanicsburg.

The Civic Club of Shippensburg, which is located on the same block as Sheetz, is appealing the decision on the grounds that a liquor license cannot be granted to establishments that sell gas.

In the filing, attorneys for the club called the Liquor Control Board's decision "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and contrary to law."

A spokesperson for the Liquor Control Board said that because the appeal was filed in the Court of Common Pleas, there is an automatic stay of the board's order, which means that Sheetz cannot sell alcoholic beverages pending the appeal or a lifting of the stay.

The court can either sustain or overrule the action of the board and either order or deny the transfer of the license.

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Altoona-based Sheetz has been seeking to sell beer in Shippensburg for more than two years, initially receiving approval for the new store in 2012. If the Liquor Control Board's decision is upheld, it would be the only convenience store in the region to sell beer.

The company sells beer at a store in Altoona by separating the restaurant from the convenience store. Sheetz has been a vocal advocate for changing liquor laws in Pennsylvania and sells beer in stores in other states in which it operates.

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